Reported by Inside Higher Ed, through HNU’s Parent Promise Program, up to two parents or guardians of enrolled students can register for two free undergraduate courses. While this feels like a really clever marketing campaign, it’s also intended to serve as a real enrollment driver.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, the pandemic has exacerbated what was already a critical nationwide nursing shortage. Proposed legislation would prioritize licensed RNs for admission into New York’s public colleges.

Reported by EdSurge, researchers at UC Santa Barbara are testing the theory of embodied instruction, which suggests that students rely on the instructor’s body for cues on where and what to focus their attention. But can the professor also distract attention away from the learning as well?

Reported by EdSurge, Duke University’s Jon Reifschneider has been experimenting with artificial intelligence to get a better understanding of exactly where his online students are in terms of understanding with the course curriculum.

Reported by EdSurge, while more and more institutions are building new workforce credentialing pathways, what will make these short-term credentials equal in the eyes of the market? And is there an argument to be made that they might be even more valuable from a direct market value standpoint given their alignment to in-demand skills?

Reported by EdSurge, while to move to skills-based hiring has been a slow one, the speed at which the economy is shifting will force quicker educational solves in order to keep up with the external transformation. And in that world, shorter-term skills training programs and certifications get even more exciting. But these programs are only as strong as the legitimacy that employers place upon them in the hiring process.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, students can now see the percentage of student borrowers who fall into different loan repayment statuses after entering repayment. This long asked for brand new addition to the College Scorecard is designed to help better understand real student outcomes as a very helpful indicator on debt repayment ability.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, Jason Altmire, President and CEO of Career Education Colleges and Universities has penned an open letter to the Biden Administration, out of concern that past Obama administration rules eliminated by the previous education secretary Betsy DeVos would be reestablished.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, in a world of disappointing higher ed enrollment stories, medical school applications are up 18% year over year. Nursing applications are similarly up 6% year over year.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, Pitzer College’s Inside-Out program is designed to teach incarcerated students in tandem with traditional students who travel to the prison facility to be taught.